# Incident 20110708015949I: Champion 7ECA, Port Barre, LA, July 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2011, 19:45 local time
- Place: Port Barre, LA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5555° N, 91.9560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Barre, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5555&lon=-91.9560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8375V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8375V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110708015949I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HOUSTON SOUTHWEST AIRPORT WITH NEW OWNER AND PILOT (OWNER DOES NOT HAVE TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT). REFUELED IN DERIDDER, LA AND ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER, AROUND 7:45 PM LOCAL TIME, WHILE AT 5500 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT (PIC) APPLIED CARB HEAT WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE OPELOUSAS AIRPORT BUT HAD TO LAND IN A SOYBEAN FIELD ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT. NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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